The earthquakes, weather events, and tsunamis caused by the Krakatoa eruption of 1883 were felt even thousands of miles away.

The eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883 was one of the most deadly in modern history. Skip to main content. ... The island of Krakatau is in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra.

This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region.

The observations made first at Krakatau would be still of great value much later to understand the colonization of devastated or new formed terrain, like the volcanic island of Surtsey in Iceland ...

More than 135 years since the island of Krakatoa was destroyed by an explosion which clouded the world in ash, ... This volcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatau explodes on August 27, 1883.

In 1883, the Krakatau (Krakatoa) volcano erupted in a series of four explosions that destroyed the surrounding island and killed more than 30,000 people. The eruption wreaked havoc on global ...

Lava streams down from Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa) volcano during an eruption as seen from Rakata island in South Lampung on July 19, 2018 - file photo. (Photo credit should read FERDI AWED ...

Anak Krakatau is notable for being the currently active part of the famous volcanic island Krakatau—which experienced a cataclysmic eruption in 1883. U.S. World ...

The Anak Krakatau volcano, infamous for its extreme eruptions, is launching lava bombs and generating its own lightning this month, which was recently captured on video by a scientist from a ...